rimmed

[rimd] / rɪmd /

ADJECTIVE

bounded

Synonyms

STRONGEST

belted bordered surrounded

STRONG

circumscribed compassed defined delimited edged encircled enclosed encompassed enveloped fenced flanked fringed girdled hedged hog-tied restricted ringed walled

WEAK

boundaried contiguous definite determinate finite limitary

Antonyms

WEAK

free loose unbounded unconfined unlimited

Example Sentences

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Except for one picked cuticle on a fingernail, which was ever so slightly rimmed with blood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

Prosper, who wore a grey T-shirt, attended his hearing wearing black rimmed glasses.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025

Impossibly deep caves in somber velvets and blues are rimmed with massive coffin ships of unknown origin.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2024

“I mean, it rimmed in and rimmed out.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024

They eat from white china plates rimmed with little red flowers.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau